M&S Archive Past Projects

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Past Projects

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Sharing the collection is a core part of what we do

You can find out more about the projects we’ve run in the past here, from artist-led creative projects with older people to inviting groups of young people re-curate our exhibition space.

A colour image of a group of children and young people waving their arms in the air in front of a museum display.

Kids Takeover

In April 2019 we handed over the entire exhibition to eight groups of young people

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Sparking Memories Intergenerational Project

Our intergenerational project brought together A-Level students from Leeds City College and residents from Simon Marks Court

colour image of people crafting

Creative Sparks

Older people from across Leeds created archive-inspired artwork that was exhibited at the M&S Archive

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What We Ate

Residents from Simon Marks Court care home spent seven weeks exploring the M&S Archive and creating artwork inspired by what they found

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Stories from Sheet Music

We worked with a group of older people and Leeds International Piano Competition to explore our collection of sheet music albums

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